Arguing that the deprivation of the majority was good for order, who wrote that "all students of politics agree that when the common people are too well off it is impossible to keep them peaceable"?
A) Cardinal Richelieu
B) Bernard de Fontenelle
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Adam Smith
E) Robespierre
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How did the shifting patterns of trade shape the development of American culture in the eighteenth century?
a. They helped reinforce the values of frugality and austerity. b. They changed American attitudes toward non-British people. c. They eroded local and regional identities. d. They reinforced colonial provincialism.
What was one of the most important features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
a. It set aside a section of each township for education. b. It abolished slavery in all of the United States. c. It prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. d. It used the revenue from land sales for defense of the West. e. It established "land grant" universities in each of the Great Lakes states.
The Cherokees attempted to gain recognition by American governments by
A) imitating American religions. B) imitating the structure of the latter. C) proving their supremacy in battle. D) adopting Western dress.